選

せん【選】

*selection

〖C〗［通例 a ～］

a selection of modern American poems ［poetry］ 現代英米詩選.

* * *

せん【選】

(a) selection; (a) choice; 〔編集の〕 (a) compilation; editing; composition.

●選に入る be chosen; be selected; be accepted

・選に漏れる be left out of a selection; be rejected; be not accepted.

●(和歌･俳句などの)選をする select; choose

・これは世間にありふれた著書とは選を異にする. This is no ordinary work. | This cannot be placed in the same class as any common, run-of-the-mill, works.

・彼らの著作と私のとは選を異にしている. Their works are of entirely different kind from mine.

名作選 a selection of masterpieces [famous works (of literature)].